Biographies

Mr. Marcus A. Lemonis serves as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Lemonis has served as Camping World Holdings, Inc.'s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and on the board of directors of Camping World Holdings, Inc. since March 2016, as the President and Chief Executive Officer and on the board of directors of CWGS, LLC since February 2011, as the Chief Executive Officer and on the board of directors of Good Sam Enterprises, LLC since January 2011, as President and Chief Executive Officer and on the board of directors of Camping World, Inc. since September 2006 and as the President and Chief Executive Officer and on the board of directors of FreedomRoads, LLC since May 1, 2003. Mr. Lemonis received a B.A. from Marquette University. Mr. Lemonis' extensive experience in retail, RV and automotive, business operations and entrepreneurial ventures makes him well qualified to serve on our board of directors.

Mr. Brent L. Moody is President, Director of Camping World Holdings Inc. Mr. Moody previously served as Camping World Holdings, Inc.'s Chief Operating and Legal Officer from March 2016 to September 2018, as the Chief Operating and Legal Officer of CWGS, LLC and its subsidiaries from January 2016 to September 2018, as the Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative and Legal Officer of CWGS, LLC from February 2011 to December 31, 2015, as the Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative and Legal Officer of Good Sam Enterprises, LLC from January 2011 to December 31, 2015, as the Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative and Legal Officer of FreedomRoads, LLC and Camping World, Inc. from 2010 until December 31, 2015, as Executive Vice President/General Counsel and Business Development of Camping World, Inc. and FreedomRoads, LLC from 2006 to 2010, as Senior Vice President/General Counsel and Business Development of Camping World, Inc. and Good Sam Enterprises, LLC from 2004 to 2006 and as Vice President and General Counsel of Camping World, Inc. from 2002 to 2004. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Moody was a shareholder of the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Moody served as vice president and assistant general counsel for Blockbuster, Inc. Mr. Moody received a J.D. from Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center and a B.S. from Western Kentucky University.

Mr. Melvin L. Flanigan is no longer serves as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary of the Company effective 6/30/2020. Mr. Flanigan previously served as the Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of DTS Inc. (“DTS”), a leader in high-definition and wireless audio, licensing branded intellectual property to entertainment technology markets worldwide, from September 2003 to December 2016. Prior to that, he served as the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DTS from July 1999. From March 1996 to July 1999, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Operations, and as a director at SensArray Corporation, a supplier of thermal measurement products for semiconductor, LCD, and memory-disk fabrication processes. Mr. Flanigan has also previously held positions at Cooperative Solutions, Inc., a software developer in the client server transaction processing market, Hewlett-Packard Company, a provider of information technology infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services, and imaging and printing, and Price Waterhouse LLP (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP). Mr. Flanigan received an M.B.A. and a B.S. in Accounting from Santa Clara University.

Ms. Tamara R. Ward serves as Chief Marketing Officer of the Company. Ms. Ward previously served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development from November 2017 to December 2019. Prior to that, Ms. Ward served as the Company’s Chief Marketing Officer from May 2011 to October 2017; Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing from 2007 to 2010; and Vice President, Marketing from 2003 to 2006. Ms. Ward joined the Company in 1989 as a marketing analyst. Her various leadership positions throughout her tenure encompass multiple aspects of the organization and provide strong knowledge of the business. Ms. Ward received a B.S. degree in Marketing from Western Kentucky University. Ms. Ward is a member of the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of South Central Kentucky and a member of the Women’s Fund of South Central Kentucky.

Mr. Stephen Adams is Director of Camping World Holdings Inc. Mr. Adams has served on the board of directors of Camping World Holdings, Inc. since March 2016, as the chairman of the board of directors of CWGS, LLC since February 2011, as the chairman of the board of directors of Good Sam Enterprises, LLC since December 1988, as the chairman of the board of directors of Camping World, Inc. since April 1997 and as the chairman of the board of directors of FreedomRoads Holding Company, LLC since February 3, 2005. In addition, Mr. Adams is the chairman of the board of directors and the controlling shareholder of Adams Outdoor Advertising, Inc., which operates an outdoor media advertising business. From November 2011 until April 2012, Mr. Adams inadvertently failed to timely file ownership reports on Forms 4 and 5 and as of the end of calendar year 2011, as of May 15, 2012 and as of the end of calendar year 2012, Mr. Adams mistakenly failed to timely file Schedule 13G amendments with respect to an entity in which he unknowingly accumulated an interest in excess of 5%. As a result, the Securities and Exchange Commission entered an order on September 10, 2014, pursuant to which Mr. Adams agreed to cease and desist from committing or causing any violations of the requirements of Section 13(d) and 16(a) of the Exchange Act and certain of the rules promulgated thereunder and paid a civil money penalty to the SEC without admitting or denying the findings therein. In August 2009, Affinity Bank, a California depositary institution in which Mr. Adams indirectly owned a controlling interest, was closed by the California Department of Financial Institutions and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was appointed as the receiver. Mr. Adams received an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.S. from Yale University.

Mr. Andris A. Baltins is an Independent Director of Camping World Holdings Inc. since March 2016, on the board of directors of CWGS, LLC since February 2011 and on the board of directors of Good Sam Enterprises, LLC since February 2006. He has been a member of the law firm of Kaplan, Strangis and Kaplan, P.A. since 1979. Mr. Baltins serves as a director of various private and nonprofit corporations, including Adams Outdoor Advertising, Inc., which is controlled by Mr. Adams. Mr. Baltins previously served as a director of Polaris Industries, Inc. from 1995 until 2011. Mr. Baltins received a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School and a B.A. from Yale University. Mr. Baltins' over 40 years of legal career as an advisor to numerous public and private companies and his experience in the areas of complex business transactions, mergers and acquisitions and corporate law make him well qualified to serve on our board of directors.

Mr. Brian P. Cassidy is Independent Director of Camping World Holdings Inc. Mr. Cassidy has served on the board of directors of Camping World Holdings, Inc. since March 2016 and on the board of directors of CWGS, LLC since March 2011. Mr. Cassidy is a Partner at Crestview, which he joined in 2004, and currently serves as head of Crestview's media and communications strategy. Mr. Cassidy has served as a director of WideOpenWest, Inc., a public company, since December 2015, and has served as a director of various private companies, including Hornblower Holdings since April 2018, Congruex LLC since November 2017, and Industrial Media since October 2016. Mr. Cassidy previously served as a director of Cumulus Media, Inc., a public company, from May 2014 until March 2017, and served as a director of various private companies, including NEP Group, Inc. from December 2012 to October 2018 and Interoute Communications Holdings from April 2015 to May 2018. He was also involved with Crestview's investments in Charter Communications, Inc. and Insight Communications, Inc. Prior to joining Crestview, Mr. Cassidy worked in private equity at Boston Ventures, where he invested in companies in the media and communications, entertainment and business services industries. Previously, he worked as the acting chief financial officer of one of Boston Ventures' portfolio companies. Prior to that time, Mr. Cassidy was an investment banking analyst at Alex, Brown & Sons, where he completed a range of financing and mergers and acquisitions assignments for companies in the consumer and business services sectors. Mr. Cassidy received an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and an A.B. in Physics from Harvard College.

Ms. Mary J. George is an Independent Director of Camping World Holdings Inc. Ms. George has served on the board of directors of Camping World Holdings, Inc. since January 2017. Ms. George has also served as executive chairman of Ju-Ju-Be, a retailer of premium diaper bags and other baby products since January 2018. Ms. George has been a founding partner of Morningstar Capital Investments, LLC, an investment firm, since 2001. Ms. George served as chief executive officer and a director at Easton Hockey Holdings Inc., a private manufacturer of ice hockey equipment, from August 2014 to December 2016. From 2002 to 2015, Ms. George held various positions, including co-chairman (2002 to 2009) and vice chairman (2009 to 2015), at Bell Automotive Products, Inc., a private manufacturer of automotive accessories. From 1994 to 2004, Ms. George held various positions, including chief operating officer (1995 to 1998), chief executive officer (1998 to 2000), and chairman (2000 to 2004), at Bell Sports Inc., a formerly public helmet manufacturer. Ms. George also currently serves or previously served as a director of various public and private companies, including Image Entertainment, Inc., a formerly public independent distributor of home entertainment programming, from 2010 to 2012, Oakley, Inc., a public sports equipment and lifestyle accessories manufacturer, from 2004 to 2007, BRG Sports Inc. since 2013, 3 Day Blinds Inc. from 2007 to 2015, and Oreck Corporation from 2008 to 2012.

Mr. Daniel G. Kilpatrick CPA serves as Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Kilpatrick previously served on the Camping World Holdings, Inc. board of directors from January 2017 to May 2018. Mr. Kilpatrick currently serves as a Partner at Crestview, where he joined in 2009 and oversees investments in companies across a variety of industries, including media and financial services. Mr. Kilpatrick is currently on the board of directors of various Crestview portfolio companies, including WideOpenWest, Inc., Congruex, LLC, Industrial Media Ltd, Venerable Holdings, Inc. and ICM Partners and is a board observer of Fidelis Insurance Holdings Limited. Mr. Kilpatrick received an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.A. from Yale University. Mr. Kilpatrick's public company director experience and background with respect to acquisitions, debt financings and equity financings make him well-qualified to serve on our board of directors.

Mr. Michael W. Malone is an Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Malone was Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Polaris Industries Inc. ("Polaris"), a manufacturer of power sports vehicles, from January 1997 to July 2015 and retired from Polaris in March 2016. From January 1997 to January 2010, Mr. Malone also served as Corporate Secretary. Mr. Malone was Vice President and Treasurer of Polaris from December 1994 to January 1997 and was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of a predecessor company of Polaris from January 1993 to December 1994. Mr. Malone joined Polaris in 1984 after four years with Arthur Andersen LLP. Mr. Malone has served on the board of Armstrong Flooring, Inc., a public company, since October 2016, including on the Audit, Finance and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees, and the board of Stevens Equipment Supply LLC, a private company, since May 2011 as well as the boards of various non-profit organizations. Mr. Malone received a B.A. in accounting and business administration from St. John's University (Collegeville, Minnesota). We believe Mr. Malone's experiences as the former Chief Financial Officer of a public company, his public company board experience, and his in-depth knowledge of the outdoor lifestyle industry make him well qualified to serve on our board of directors. We believe that all of our current Board members and nominees for Class I directors possess the professional and personal qualifications necessary for Board service, and have highlighted particularly noteworthy attributes for each Board member and nominee in the individual biographies above.

Mr. K. Dillon Schickli is an Independent Director of Camping World Holdings Inc. He has served on the board of directors of Camping World Holdings, Inc. since March 2016 and on the board of directors of CWGS, LLC since August 2011. Mr. Schickli previously served on the board of directors of CWGS, LLC from 1990 until 1995 and was chief operating officer of Affinity Group, Inc., the predecessor of Good Sam Enterprises, LLC, from 1993 until 1995. Previously, Mr. Schickli was a co-investor with Crestview in DS Waters Group, Inc. ("DS Waters") and served as vice chairman of its board of directors until it was sold to Cott Corporation in December 2014. Prior to that time, Mr. Schickli was the chief executive officer of DS Waters from June 2010 until February 2013 and subsequently led the buyout of the business by Crestview. Mr. Schickli also previously led the buyout of DS Waters from Danone Group & Suntory Ltd. in November 2005 and was also a co investor in DS Waters with Kelso & Company. Mr. Schickli served as co-chief executive officer and chief financial officer of DS Waters from November 2005 until June 2010, when he became the sole chief executive officer. Mr. Schickli started his business career in the capital planning and acquisitions group of the Pepsi Cola Company after he received his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. Mr. Schickli received a B.A. from Carleton College in 1975.

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